Reflecting on my time interning at Meridian Hill Pictures always brings a knowing smile to my face. My name is Emily Moses and I am a senior at Frostburg State University majoring in Graphic Design while minoring in Small Business/Entrepreneurship. Last summer I worked as a Graphic Design intern at Meridian Hill Pictures, creating promotional graphics, original illustrations, and package designs to advertise MHP’s PictureHouse events, film screenings at the Hillyer Art Space, and outdoor film screenings in parks across DC.

This month Life as a Collage was named as an official selection at three major US film festivals: the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF); the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) in Seattle, WA; and the West Chester International Short Film Festival in West Chester, PA.

The Our City Film Festival recently selected two documentaries produced by Meridian Hill Pictures to screen at the festival this year. Life as a Collage was awarded “Best Student Documentary” and Porchfest was awarded “Best Short Documentary.” The films will screen on Sunday, February 12 at the Goethe Institute in Chinatown. This is the second year that Meridian Hill Pictures’ films have been honored in the festival and the first year that two of our films will be honored.

Last Wednesday, November 9, 2011, the D.C. City Council’s Committee on Small and Local Business Development held a hearing to discuss how it could support more film production in the District (see Hearing Runs Gamut on Film Office, but Popcorn Tax is Still Unpopular, CityPaper, November 10, 2011). Meridian Hill Pictures co-founder & producer Lance Kramer offered a testimony at the hearing, advocating on behalf of policy reform that keeps in mind local, independent, non-fiction filmmakers. Along with several other DC filmmakers, Kramer reminded the Council of the distinct qualities and assets that make the DC film community and creative economy unique from places like New York and Los Angeles.

In September, our student filmmakers from the ‘Life as a Collage’ film project were recognized on NPR-WAMU 88.5’s Kojo Nnamdi radio show and on WJLA ABC7’s ‘Harris Heroes’ for their work creating a documentary film commemorating the life of beloved Sitar art teacher Tim Gabel.

This month Sitar Arts Center will screen Life as a Collage, a documentary created by seven students in Sitar’s Multimedia Writing and Documentary Film classes, in partnership with Meridian Hill Pictures. Created while artist and longtime Sitar volunteer Tim Gabel was struggling with liver cancer, the film captures one teacher’s amazing dedication to his students and his art, as he reflects during the final stages of his life.

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